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Brief Report: Functional Interaction of Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 2 and HLA-B27 Activates the Unfolded Protein Response.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 May 2017
Zhang Zhenbo, Ciccia Francesco, Zeng Fanxing, Guggino Giuliana, Yee Kirby, Abdullah Hasan, Silverberg Mark S, Alessandro Riccardo, Triolo Giovanni, Haroon Nigil
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The basic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remain unresolved. We previously reported an association of the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2549782 in the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 2 gene (ERAP2) with AS. It is known that patients homozygous for the G allele (GG) of another ERAP2 SNP, rs2248374, lack expression of ERAP2 (ERAP2 null). The present...
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